i was teaching 'peraturan standard minimum perumahan dan kemudahan pekerja 1990' this morning and out of that usually boring, somber class (Perundangan Kesihatan), we had a quite stimulating discussion of offly off topic of childhood memories.
it was all started when i came to the minimum specification of bukaan pengudaraan and mentioned that my father's house failed to comply with that specification. our living room in my father's house in Ranau is like a cave. it's surrounded by bedrooms, that the only bukaan are the front entrance and the kitchen entrance. i compared that to my grandpa's house (our old house), which had bukaan tetap along the ridge of the ceiling and wall. i remember the old house being cool and airy even on a hottest day. i remember the smell of the old woods of that old house. To this day, the smell of woods trigger my mind to remember that old house.
so, off handedly i asked the students (128 of them) to write down their best childhood memory and smell that remind them of childhood. all, but 3 gave me heart-warming, funny, silly and down -right owh!- you-too? kind of revealation.
the best response i got :
1. Apakah kenangan paling bagus semasa kita masih kanak-kanak: mencuri buah-buahan kampung sebelah, curi ayam dan memaki hamun om pekerja ketua kampung
2. apa bau yang sampai sekarang kita terkenangkan zaman kanak-kanak: bau ubi kayu bakar, kerana selalu membakar ubi kayu semasa kanak-kanak (kadang-kadang curi orang punya ubi)
Selecting memories and keeping only the good will do me more good than keep on holding to all and trying to right something i simply cant undo.
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Can i have you as a teacher please Miss??? You ROCK!
I love that old house too, in fact i remembar crying when it finally demolished. I remember the store beside our big bedroom where the folk store all that big jars, and the sound of rain drop on the thin roof. and that one column in the living room. and i really like that kaki lima in between living room and the kitchen. couldnt remember much about the kitchen, only that we're using dapur kayu and i remember burying my gigi susu underneath the ashes (I was told to do so, however couldnt remember who) and I remember the kamar mandi where I got this big injury.
ohh..yes, i remember the sistem pengudaraan, not only on the wall but do you remember the lantai is banyak lubang?
Love our house now juga, maybe failed in sistem pengudaraan, but the bricks being used is somehow trapping the temprature. Its always cool, or is it a typical cave temperature?
one of the student jotted "PERUNDANGAN KESIHATAN??????" on top of her/ his answer sheet. maksud dia: ni soalan perundangan kesihatan kah ni?
ya. there's reason why they call me "Miss Lyd" misleading indeed.
the old house pong? i love the linoleum (itu tikar getah warna hijau lemony?) very 70's. teda pernah sy nampak the same motif sudah. i will build a house macam that old house pny structure. love the idea of entertaining guest di kaki lima! (serve as open-air dining hall kan?)
if i had a ms lydia when i was studying i wud be a lawyer by now...
smells,memories..a sudden sadness in my heart...rumah dulu memang byk berlubang2 kan..tetiba rindu sama childhood...!tetiba teringat pakai seluar bergaris di tepi...!
suka...suka... eeehehheeee.....
hi wil phil!
hows life! sorry x dpt lawat korang. budget cutting tak dapat lah jalan2 tengok korang d field.
jen,
ko pun ada seluar bergaris tepi?! astaga!
Miss Lyd,..if i not mistaken supposed to be 3 short and funny stories in your blog which is given by your students..But only 2..yang no.3 tiada....But i love no.1.curi buah kg sebelah..hahaha..very naughty...
ya. naughty budak sy tu kayau.
hhahahahha.. ko anggap jaklah sy malas menaip.
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